Pisetaerus
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Pisetaerus is an elderly Athenian man and the leader of the birds. The titular birds build a city in the sky and plan to supplant the Olympian gods. Iris, as their messenger, goes to meet them, but she is ridiculed, insulted, and threatened with rape by their leader Pisetaerus.
When
- First attested
- 500 BCE
- Attested period
- -500 – -400
- Historical notes
- Appears in Aristophanes's comedy The Birds.
Relationships
- enemy of
- Iris
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“In Aristophanes's comedy The Birds, the titular birds build a city in the sky and plan to supplant the Olympian gods. Iris, as their messenger, goes to meet them, but she is ridiculed, insulted, and threatened with rape by their leader Pisetaerus, an elderly Athenian man. Iris appears confused that Pisetearus does not know who the gods are and that she is one of them.”
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